liþian
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Add: leoþian ; p. ode To unloose, release Þá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níð onwylled: wóð óðerne lythwón leodode, þonne in lyft ástág ceargesta cirm then again as before the hate of old foes was hot, cries for a time gave vent to a second outburst of
hulfestre
A plover ⬩ pluvialis
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A plover; pluvialis [the word occurs in a list of names of birds], Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 24; Wrt. Voc. 29, 44
swefen-racu
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C. 29; Th. ii. 154, 29. v. next word
wéþan
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Th. 106, 28. v. next word
cot
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Æt Sceolles eald*-*cotan, iv. 122, 21. v. búr-cot, and next word. Add
gyru
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See preceding word
pipat
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Dele: the word is Latin, and describes the cry of the hawk. Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 88,80 for another instance of the verb
yfellíce
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broel
A park, warren stored with deer ⬩ vivarium, hortus cervorum,
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A park, warren stored with deer; hence the BROYL, a wood in Sussex, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; vivarium, hortus cervorum, Som
spícing
A spike
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Halliwell gives spiking a large nail, as a northern word) Spícyngas gadirian oððe wyrcean, geswinc hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 200, 24
candel-wyrt
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25
wudu-weaxe
Wood waxen ⬩ wood wex
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Wood waxen, wood wex ( Similar entries v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names); genista tinctoria Wuduweaxe, Lchdm, ii. 66, 11. Weoduweaxe, iii. 30, 13. Wuduweaxan gódne dǽl, ii. 324, 21 : iii. 28, 28.
ǽr-geweorc
An ancient work ⬩ antiquum opus
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An ancient work; antiquum opus Enta ǽrgeweorc the ancient wort of giants, Beo. Th. 3362; B. 1679: Andr. Kmbl. 2471; An. 1237
cusceote
A ringdove, wood-pigeon
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A ringdove, wood-pigeon; Cusceote palumba, Wrt. Voc. 280, 32. Cuscote wuduculfre palumbes, 62, 27. Cuscutan palumbes, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 161, 58
eást-ende
The east-end ⬩ pars orientālis
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The east-end; pars orientālis Æt ðæs wuda eást-ende at the east-end of the wood, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 28
mid-lifiend
One co-existent with another
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.], Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 24, note. v. next word
Linked entry: -lifiend
scyld-hata
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Scyldhatan, egle ondsacan, 2295; An. 1149. v. next word
ge-lǽfa
Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ fĭdes
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Belief, faith; fĭdes He wolde ðone Cristes gelǽfan gerihtan he would set right the faith of Christ, Chr. 680; Erl. 41, 14
þrym-ríce
A glorious kingdom ⬩ heaven
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A glorious kingdom, heaven Drihten wolde cuman of ðam cynestóle and of ðæm þrymríce hider on ðás world, Blickl. Homl. 105, 11
grépe
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